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ARTÍCULO
TITULO

Developing Public Policy Options for Access to Drinking Water in Peripheral, Disaster and Polluted Rural Areas: A Case Study on Environment-Friendly and Conventional Technologies

Ruxandra Malina Petrescu-Mag    
Dacinia Crina Petrescu    
Ovidiu Calin Safirescu    
Mihaela Hetvary    
Ioan Gheorghe Oroian and Dumitru Vâju    

Resumen

Peripheral, disaster and polluted rural areas (PDP rural areas) are generally perceived as a ?Cinderella? of water public policy measures, deepening the rural-urban cleavage in terms of opportunities for a decent life. The main goal of the study is to develop public policy options regarding the supply of safe drinking water in Romanian PDP rural areas. The main instrument to achieve it is an ex-ante policy analysis of three solutions: a conventional technology, based on chlorine, a green technology using an advanced oxidation process with bio-filter (O3BioFilter), and ?do nothing?. Environment protection, social equity, technical performance, economic efficiency and political feasibility were the criteria selected for analysis, within a focus-group. Several qualitative and quantitative methods were used: evaluation matrix, weighted cost-effectiveness and break-even point. The results of the first two indicate that the O3BioFilter has the best score, but not much higher than the conventional alternative (10% higher), revealing a possible path-dependency to familiar technologies. This analysis is not a ready-made solution valid in any case, nor a direct indication of ?the best choice?, but a decision tool in the adoption and implementation of sustainable water public policies.

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